Check out any of the following patch releases: 5.3.1D5,5.3.1D6,5.3.1D8,5.3.1D9

They should all have a fix for your problem.

--tmac

Timothy A. McCarthy --> System Engineer, Eastern Region. Network Appliance http://www.netapp.com 301-230-5847 Office \ / Page Me at:@@ 301-230-5852 Fax / 800-654-9619

On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Jaye Mathisen wrote:

My netapp running my news spool is dying with:

saving 192M to /etc/crash/core.7.nz ("../common/wafl/write_alloc.c:1412: Assertion failure.")

F630, 200GB disk, OnTap 5.3.1

Thinking of running wack... after idling it.

So far, 7 days, 7 crashes. Haven't touched it in weeks, didn't even know it had died since it boots up so quick.